Thursday, July 16, 2026

1913 [1914] ULANOW: NOTARIAL DEEDS


1913 Ulanow Notary Files: "Imperial-Royal Notary Alfred Josse in Ulanow"

Collection 1098, Unit 1.

https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/id5324-sy1-se.  These are the notarial file numbers. click on each to bring you to a particular file page.



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These are just a few of the names appearing in some of the deeds. You will need to go through the book, file page by page to find other names. There is no index. This is the top, left corner (translated): 


Isaak Silber, merchant ( #27) https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=pg&id=5324&se=&sy=1&kt=&plik=027.jpg&x=0&y=112&zoom=4.01

 (translated)


Josef Fluss & Wolf Wein  (file #63): also on following page

https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=pg&id=5324&se=&sy=1&kt=&plik=063.jpg&zoom=4.01

Moses Kornblau (?)-witness,  Josef Fluss, & Wolf Wein--signatures (file #66)

Josef Fluss, Wolf Wein, merchants (file #77)--see next couple of following pages

Israel Hersch _ornstreich (file #84)

Israel Hersch & Wolf Wein-signatures (#85)

Moses Kornblau, witness-signature (#88)

Chana Koller, merchant from ____, Wolf Wein, Josef Fluss (#90)

Leib Fass, Israel Brandt (#93)

Israel Brand (from Radom?), Schaja Hasenfeld, merchant from Ulanow (#100)

Leib Fass, merchant, Schaja Hasenfeld (#101)

Chiel Schnek, merchant from __. Jakob Goldman, merchant, Nyser Apeidman (?), merchant (#102)

Jakob Salamon, Hakel & Dwoira ___ (#103)

Jakob Fisch/Tisch -signature (#118)

Maj_ere Schnek (#139)

Chiel Schnek (#140)

Shima Fluss (#141)

Leib  _____, Isaak  Silber (#143)

Majer Last (or Lask) & Ny_____  _zeisman or _reisman (#145 & 146)

Majer Lask (#153)

Samuel Eieber, Vielman (?) Silber, Jakob Hakel (#155)

Josef Schiffer ( #172, 173, 179, 181 [signature])

Mojciech Szempreich (#181-signature)

Leizor/Leizan/ (?) Borok/Barak/Bank (?) (#184, 185, 186-signature)

Lejzor Bor_k (#195, 196)

Hersch Lorber (?) (#197)

Laja Scheinmann, Rubin Scharf, Maarkus _ihl ( #550)

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Note: these are also available for Ulanow: Files of the Imperial-Royal Notary, Alfred Josse in Ulanow.

1914. https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/id5324-sy2-se [#196-343]

1914. https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/id5324-sy3-se  [#344-516]

1914. https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/id5324-sy4-se [# 317-696]


Wednesday, July 8, 2026

GOMEL BELARUS: BOOK OF MEMORY (Memorial Book: Rechitsa)

"List of Victims of Wars Buried in the Rechitsa District of Gomel"

 http://www.files.rechitsa.gov.by/musei/070923.pdf

This document, written in Russian is a 49-page list of individuals, including surname, first name, patronymic, DOB, DOD, Burial # (or place of residence & circumstances of death).

Here is a list of potentially Jewish names found in the provided text & transcribed by .AI. This is only a partial list. You can continue reading/transcribing the list using your favorite translation tool, as needed.

  • Evsey Leybovich Azbel (Евсей Лейбович Азбель)

  • Fanya Albinskaya (Фаня Альбинская)

  • Altser (Альцер — surname only, first name missing)

  • Beyta Leybovich Arklis (Бейта Лейбович Арклис)

  • Tsira Feyvelevna Arklis (Цира Фейвелевна Арклис)

  • Yudka Leybovich Arklis (Юдка Лейбович Арклис)

  • Atlas (Атлас — surname only)

  • Moisey Atlas (Моисей Атлас)

  • Afingendina (Афингендина — surname only)

  • Riva Babitskaya (Рива Бабицкая)

  • Belfrada (Бельфрада — surname only)

  • Osya Berlin (Ося Берлин)

  • Polina Berlina (Полина Берлина)

  • Faina Berlina (Фаина Берлина)

  • Feyga Berlina (Фейга Берлина)

  • Basya Bernovskaya (Бася Берновская)

  • Avram Bernovsky (Аврам Берновский)

  • Lyusya Blyakher (Люся Бляхер)

  • Ginda Bogdan (Гинда Богдан)

  • Yudka Bogdan (Юдка Богдан)

  • Feyga Bogdanova (Фейга Богданова)

  • Genya Yankelevna Braverman (Геня Янкелевна Браверман)

  • Piya Evseevich Bravermann (Пия Евсеевич Браверманн)

  • Sora Yankelevna Bravermann (Сора Янкелевна Браверманн)

  • Yankel Bravermann (Янкель Браверманн)

  • Sara Branniya (Сара Бранния)

  • Solomon Branniya (Соломон Бранния)

  • Khariton Yankelevich B some (Харитон Янкелевич — name truncated in the text, likely Jewish given the patronymic "Yankelevich")

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

1918 Archival Information: Asylum For The Mentally Ill

STATE ARCHIVES IN LODZ: Fund-- Jewish Community of Lodz

https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/11314628?_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_resetCur=false&_Jednostka_cur=3&_Jednostka_id_jednostki=11314628

"Mentally Ill At 17 Wesola Street" [259 pages]


Page translated by Google Translate:


Some Names:

Scan 15-16
Beila FASS, 57: 
mentally ill, epilepsy, arteriosclerosis, enlarged heart (signed by physician & dated 16 Oct 1917.)
Josef FASS: her husband.
Lived in Lodz/Baluty
Husband's request for poverty assistance; possible transfer/admission to Kochanowka psychiatric institution. 
[Info. as translated by ChatGPT]

Scan18
Malstina MILLER
unmarried; no parents

Scan 19
signed by Helena NEUMANOWA, curator of Asylum for the Mentally Ill.

Scan 21
Selection of women to serve as patrons/guardians/volunteers for mentally ill patients. This was a list of proposed women's names and their addresses.

Scans 22-25 
Dr. Eliasberg
Rifka JAKUBOWICZ, 20: 
Post-typhus symptoms of "mental disturbances"/ episodic, transient. Recommended placement in a general hospital. Headaches.
Summary (according to translation from Claude.ai [I am unsure of Claude's accuracy])--
Ryfka was taken into custody by the vice police on 26 Dec. 1917, for improper/indecent conduct and, citing a doctor's certificate describing "mental disturbances", pushed to have her institutionalized since her parents were unable to keep her at home. 
A doctor's opinion pushed back--attributing her symptoms (headaches) to lingering effects of typhus, noting she was treatable as an outpatient, stating that commitment to a psychiatric hospital was unnecessary.
Note written by S.M. Bender, Ryfka's parent, acknowledging responsibility for providing her with personal items and payment for costs of confinement in asylum for the mentally ill at Wesola St., #17.

Scans 35, 37-39

Scan 37: 

Cecylia vel Cyr_  FUKS:

Request by husband, Dawid FUKS (residing at Zgierska St, #43-45)--States wife, Cecylia, was mentally ill due to the war. He's in a state of poverty with three children. Prior to war, he was the manager of several buildings; now manager of only one, with no other income. Requested placement of wife in hospital for the mentally ill in Kochanowka.

No vacancies available in Kochanowka.

Doctor tried to visit Cecylia at home but doors were locked & no one was home.

Continue to rest of scans for additional names & other information. Use your favorite translators, as needed. I used: Google Translate, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude. I can't guarantee that the translations are all accurate.